On Jul 10, 2005, at 9:58 PM, John Bell wrote:
On 11 Jul 2005, at 02:30, John Bell wrote:
[FinMac 2005b]
There's a really annoying bug in Finale that's been there for years.
When a note with an accidental is tied to the next bar and then tied
again to another note in this same bar, the final note is given a
redundant accidental. For example, in 4/4: whole note with accidental
tied to half note tied to eighth note.
I reported this to Finale some years ago and they acknowledged that
it was a bug but have never fixed it. I'm so used to it that I
automatically hit * in these situations to hide the unwanted
accidental. Except when I forget. Sometimes they escape my
proof-reading, and are I believe rather confusing for the players as
well as being plain wrong.
Replying to myself: this bug doesn't always strike, but I have been
unable to establish exactly what triggers it. Having experimented for
the past five minutes, a surer way to elicit the bug seems to be:
(in 4/4): half note rest, half note with accidental tied to half note,
tied to quarter note.
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Wow! Same version of Finale, I can't believe I've never noticed this
before! Yet sure enough, there it is. Very consistent, too.
Christopher
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